Turning the Tide: U.S. Intervention in Central America and the Struggle for Peace

By Noam Chomsky

For decades, Noam Chomsky has been considered one of the most important critics of American’s foreign policy in Central and Latin America and yet Turning the Tide is one of his only written works which makes that region its sole focus. At last back in print after almost thirty years, Turning the Tide explores such neglected but vital issues as Jimmy Carter’s interventions in El Salvador, the violation of human rights in Nicaragua and Guatemala, and American involvement with death squads in many countries including Bolivia and El Salvador. For all activists and scholars whose work focuses on Central and Latin America, Turning the Tide remains essential.

For too long now, many of Chomsky’s most important books have been left to languish. Introducing Pluto’s 'Chomsky Perspectives' series: a collectible, beautiful new list, with cover design by David Pearson. Including both enduring favourites and neglected essentials, these books will appeal to the serious Chomsky reader. Already published in the series: Year 501 (9780745335476),On Power and Ideology (9780745335445), After the Cataclysm (9780745335506) and The Washington Connection and Third World Fascism (9780745335490).

• Language: English
• Publisher: Pluto Press
• Release date: Sep 20, 2015
• ISBN: 9781783712472

Noam Chomsky

Noam Chomsky is the author of numerous bestselling political works, including Hegemony or Survival and Failed States. A laureate professor at the University of Arizona and professor emeritus of linguistics and philosophy at MIT, he is widely credited with having revolutionized modern linguistics. He lives in Tuscon, Arizona.